US 12,433,715 B2
Implant system
Thomas Pleil, Bad Duerrheim (DE); and Thomas Scholten, Tuttlingen (DE)
Assigned to Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen (DE)
Filed by Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen (DE)
Filed on May 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/739,252.
Application 17/739,252 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2020/081993, filed on Nov. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 130 938.7 (DE), filed on Nov. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0257337 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/122 (2006.01); A61B 17/128 (2006.01); A61B 90/92 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 90/92 (2016.02) [A61B 17/1227 (2013.01); A61B 17/128 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An implant system comprising at least two differing color-coded implants and comprising at least two differing color-coded medical instruments, wherein a color coding of the at least two instruments corresponds to a color coding of the at least two implants, wherein the coding of the at least two medical instruments comprises at least one coding element, wherein the at least two medical instruments each comprise a first tool element and at least one second tool element for jointly handling one of the at least two implants, wherein the first tool element and the at least one second tool element are movable relative to one another and are arranged or formed on a distal end of the respective instrument, wherein the at least two instruments each comprise an actuating device, which is arranged or formed on a proximal end of the respective instrument and cooperating with the first tool element and the at least one second tool element for moving the first tool element and the at least one second tool element relative to one another as a result of an actuation of the actuating device, wherein the at least one coding element is arranged on the first tool element and wherein the at least one second tool element secures the at least one coding element in a working position of the respective instrument, in which the first tool element and the at least one second tool element are movable relative to one another between a first extreme position and a second extreme position, on the first tool element against a movement in the direction toward the second tool element.